Bug#354000: madwifi-source: Should only recommend module-assistant
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Thu Feb 23 09:38:39 UTC 2006
Julien Valroff wrote:
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>Le jeudi 23 février 2006 à 19:15 +1000, Kel Modderman a écrit :
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>>90% of the time i also use kernel-package, not m-a, but that is not the
>>point. I believe m-a lays the best framework for the average user to
>>easily install a module.
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>I totally agree, but I think the best choice is to let the user choice
>what he wants, with a default choice for non power users.
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>>>Regarding the documentation, maybe it would be good to insist on the
>>>kernel-package method too.
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>>>
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>>I would certainly enjoy receiving contributed documentation :-)
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>Good point ;-)
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>>Ok, i see two alternatives:-
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>>1)
>>Package: madwifi-source
>>Architecture: all
>>Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.0), build-essential, module-assistant |
>>kernel-package, sharutils, bzip2
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>>or
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>>2)
>>Package: madwifi-source
>>Architecture: all
>>Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.0), build-essential, module-assistant,
>>sharutils, bzip2
>>Recommends: kernel-package
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>>Which would you prefer? Would that be enough to satisfy your wish?
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>The first is the the best imo, as it really lets the user free not to
>have m-a installed.
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>Cheers,
>Julien
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Ok, done. Will be like that in next upload.
Thanks, Kel.
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